Hinge.



R. W. HUBBARD.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11,1911.

,1 1,001,405, Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

RICHARD W. HUBBARD, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

HINGE.

Uatcnted An 22, it!) it.

Application filed January 11. 1911. Serial No. 602,051.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, Ric/ruin) \V. ll unand State oti ()hio. have invented new and use'l ul improvements in llingcs. of which the tollowing is a. spccit" 'atiou.

:ll v present invention has to do with hinges. and more particularly hinges ot the kind disclosed in my latents 725.712. dated April it, "ttltli-l. and 759.890. dated May t7. ltltl-t.

The ohicct ot the present invention is the provision ot a. hinge. each memhcr of which comprises a hollow section, and a plate tor closing the hollow section: the said hollow section and closure platcheing socmistructed and relatively arranged that the cost of production is lessened and a strong and dural. l.e hinge memher is assured.

The invention will he hest understood by re'tcrence to the following description o't one spccitic omhodiment thereot'. while its scope will he more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accon'ipanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view showing my novel hinge as closed. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the hinge as open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken through the hinge in the plane ot the line 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4- is a section taken in the plane indie: ted h' the line 4 4: of Fig. 2. looking in the dircction of the arrow. Figs. 5 and (3 are views ot the closure plates ot the members.

Similar letters designate correspoluling parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

t and D are the memhers oi the novel hinge. and (l is a pintle through the medium of which the said members are pivotallv connected together, the said pintle having a head a at its upper end. Each of the. memhers A and D comprises an outer section D and a closure plate D. The sections D are similar in that the have outer end portions 7), 0t concave-convex form in cross-section. and shoulders c at the inner ends of said portions 7). hut they ditl'er in that the section D of the memher A has two knuckles (I, separated hy an intervening space, while the section D of the memher 13 has only one knuckle 6, said knuckle (2 being arranged hetween the knuckles (Z to receive the eonnccting pintle C. It Will also be noticed that the major portion or leaf of each section D is hollow. and that each section D is closed at its outer end hy a 'all f disposed at a right angle to its concavo-convcx portion 1). and that adjacent the said wall f cach section D is provided with a Iixed transverse partition 'all r on the edge ol" which is a n-otulnn'ance /1. FigsHQ. I) and l-. for an important purpose hcrcinat'tcr set l'orth. I would t'urthcr have it understood that I provide the end portion /1 ol each section D with a scrcw-holc 1'. and that l l'orm at the convex side of each end portion 7) two longi' tudinal tins which are hcst shown in l 1 and t.

'lhe closure plates i are shaped to con- Form to the outline of the inner surt accs ot the hollow portions comprised in the sections D. and each plate provided with a countersunk holt-hole Z and an aperture 1. the latter to receive one ot the protuhcrances 11. It will also he noted that the plate l of the mcmher is rn-ovidcd at its inner end with ('lll'VlllIltill' tlanges m to tit under the. knuckles 17 ot the section D hclonging to said mcmhcr A. and the plate lC o't' mcmhcr it is provided at its inner end with a. single curvilinear flange n to tit undcr the knuckles c of the sect ion D comprised in said |ncm her D.

By reason ot the dcscrihcd constructimi ot the sections D and plates t l. it will he lnani't cst that when the plates E are laid against the [lat inner surt'accs ot' the concavo-mmvcx portions ot the sections D, with the tlangcd inner ends ot the plates cngaging the knuckles o't sections D. and the apertures Z ot the plates receiving the protuheranccs 71. ot sections D, the plates may he securely tixcd to the sections hy simply upsetting or otherwise enlarging the ends of the protuhcrances 71 or otherwise tastcning the plates thereto. ln this connection attention particularly invited to the tact that the plates l) are adapted to he expeditiously and easily placed against the [lat surt'aces ot the sections D, with their tlangcs engaging the knuckles and their apertures Z receiving the protul)crances 71, and that the tacilitv with which such relative arrangement can he etlccted contrilnites materially in lessening the cost o't production of the hinge as a whole.

My novel hinge is applied in the same manner as the hinges ot ll| atoresaid 'Lcttcrs Patent. and, there'ti'ore, the manner of application need not he descrihed herein.

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While I have shown and described one form of my invention, it is to be understood that I am not limited to the details or the form or relative arrangement of parts disclosed, but that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a hinge member comprising a section having a knuckle at its inner end and also having a concavo-conveX leaf the inner surface of which is flat and further having an end wall closing the outer end of said concavo-convex leaf and a partition wall fixed in said leaf and provided on its edge with a protuberance, and a closure plate opposed to the said flat inner surface of the section and having a flange at its inner end fitted under the knuckle of the section and also having an aperture receiving and fastened to the protuberance on the partition wall of the section.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a hinge member comprising a section having a knuckle and also having a concavo-conveX leaf, and a closure plate having its side opposed to and fastened against the inner surface of the said concavo-convex leaf.

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 1n presence of two subscrlblng wltnesses.

RICHARD W. HUBBARD. WVitnesses:

F. E. HENRY, L. K. HENRY.

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